Language scholars C. K. Ogden and I. A. Richards employ a triangle to explain the three elements of language, which are
A) semantics, syntax, and significance.
B) denotative, connotative, and abstract meanings of words.
C) superordinate, basic, and subordinate meanings of words.
D) the thought, the referent, and the symbol.
E) encoding, decoding, and noise.

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The triangle proposed by Ogden and Richards explains the three elements of language as the thought (or reference), the referent (or object or action being referred to), and the symbol (or word or sign used to represent the referent). This triangle is also known as the "semantic triangle." Therefore, option D is the correct answer.

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